Pictures

With Peter Bowles in his country casuals

Withnail and I

Travelling players on the QE2 between infusions of Beluga caviar

Richard Griffiths and the Whitehalls on Broadway

Nora joins the Whitehall family

Jack in his Old Cranleighan tie

Uncle Peter - the dashing Major

My mother never let me forget she had always wanted a girl

In the shadow of Margate Pier

Our male dog, Candy, was traumatised by having a bitch’s name

Whitehall and Rothwell (centre front) in cross-country mode

At the Ampleforth Exhibition Weekend with cousin Jennifer

Pushing the boat out at the Cafe de Paris with Eileen

Nora in her gardening clothes

Belmont School: ‘A bright and bracing environment’

The reluctant Head of Games

Modelling for Mr Fish (photo by Lichfield)

The nearest Tiny Tim ever got to a Playboy bunny

One more for the road...

Julian resisting a hug from Kenneth More

With Julian, Amanda and Stephen, ‘putting the smile back into showbusiness’ at 60 St James’s Street

Nigel Havers on location bonding with godson Jack

Celebrity party-time at Bob Monkhouse’s; Elaine Stritch in a summer hat

If only... © NI Syndication

Daniel Day-Lewis’s first footing at 125 Gloucester Road

Bride, groom and usher, Moray Watson, await the arrival of the best man

Confettied by Judi Dench

Hilary’s parents reserving judgement in Winchester

Martin Jarvis and Edward Fox provide an umbrella escort at Hammersmith Register Office

Sinking fast in the Peloponnese

With Nigel Havers and Julian Fellowes on the set of Lord Elgin

John Le Mesurier, a.k.a. Daphne du Maurier

‘I’m most certainly not gay, madam.’ Dinsdale Landen and dog